Assembly Bill A9169

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing an annual heat mitigation plan; and directing the extreme heat action plan work group to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerated individuals and people working in prisons

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9169 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7781
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L

2023-A9169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commission of corrections and community supervision to establish an annual heat mitigation plan; directs the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environmental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerated individuals and people working in prisons.

2023-A9169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9169
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing an annu-
   al heat mitigation plan; and directing the extreme  heat  action  plan
   work  group of the department of environmental conservation to analyze
   the impact of extreme heat  on  incarcerated  individuals  and  people
   working in prisons

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ANNUAL HEAT MITIGATION PLAN TO  ENSURE  INCAR-
 CERATED  INDIVIDUALS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STAFF HAVE OPTIONS AVAIL-
 ABLE TO STAY COOL, HYDRATED AND SAFE DURING HIGH HEAT TEMPERATURES. SUCH
 PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) ACCESS TO INDUSTRIAL FANS, WATER, ICE, AND  ADDITIONAL  ACCESS  TO
 SHOWERS;
   (II) COMMISSARIES FULLY STOCKED WITH PERSONAL FANS PRIOR TO THE BEGIN-
 NING OF SUMMER;
   (III) MONITORING TEMPERATURES IN HOUSING, PROGRAM AND INDUSTRY AREAS;
   (IV)  MAINTAINING  A LIST OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY STAFF WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT MAKE THEM  MORE  SUSCEPTIBLE
 TO HEAT AND MONITOR THEIR WELL-BEING;
   (V) INCREASED ROUNDS AND WELLNESS CHECKS; AND
   (VI) PROVIDING SHADE ON EXERCISE YARDS.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  AS  PART  OF SUCH HEAT MITIGATION PLAN, SHALL
 DEVELOP A TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH COOLING STATIONS AND PROVIDE EVAPORATIVE
 FANS TO EACH FACILITY.
   § 2. The extreme heat action plan work  group  of  the  department  of
 environmental  conservation  shall analyze the impact of extreme heat on
 incarcerated individuals and people working in  prisons  and  articulate
 their  specific  needs  in  such  work group's long-term heat adaptation
 plan.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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